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{ xi } A book such as this can never be done in isolation . Tracing these long-lost houses requires the willingness of countless people to search through their family records or dig in their local archives,and I am grateful to each of those listed here who did just that. Electronic advances in the past fifteen years have made it much easier to share photographs and personal files without fear of irretrievable loss, but I still appreciate the trust which so many have placed in me to document their valued houses as if they were my own. My thanks, also, to University Press of Mississippi and my editor, Craig Gill, for allowing me to do this follow-up to Lost Mansions of Mississippi . This is my fifth book with UPM and fourth with Craig, and I am always appreciative of his insight and guidance when it comes to producing books. It’s a pleasure to work with people who share a passion for Mississippi history and care about volumes that will stand the test of time. My friends at Turnrow Books allowed me to bounce ideas off of them, write in a civilized environment,andoftenjustwastetimeanddrink coffee. Jamie, Kelly, Tad, Becky, Ben, Hank, and Kenny, thank you for your Howard Street hospitality . This is the best literary space in Mississippi , and that’s saying a lot. The staff in the Historic Preservation Division of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History have been the stalwarts of every book I’ve ever done. Todd Sanders, Jennifer Baughn, and Ken P’Pool know the answers to most of my questions before I even ask them; if they don’t know, they’ll beat the bushes until they find it. I wouldn’t dream of beginning my research anywhere but in their files, and I come away amazed at their diligence in documenting what’s here and what’s gone. As always, my deepest thanks go to my family for their patience and understanding through the whole process. Jimmy, Emily and Philip, Jim and Allison: you’re all good sports and I suspect you sometimes find these musty old houses interesting . Please keep humoring me. Special thanks to Jamie and Bruce for comic relief. Following are the kind people who helped me with each house. I can’t thank you enough. Bellevue: Jim Lacey, Jr. Carter-Tate House: Will Lewis, Noll Davis Eagle’s Nest: Elizabeth Melton, Nan Russell Etania: Mimi Miller, Joan Gandy, Judy Bolton, Kathy Moody Glenwood: Mimi Miller, Judy Bolton Grasslawn: Libby Milner Roland, Ryan LaFontaine , Kat Bergeron acknowLedgMents { xii } acknowLedgMents Kirkwood: Jim Lacey, Jr. Turner Lane House: Hubert McAlexander, Bill Ferris, Ferris Minor Hall, Parker Hall, Julie Hall Laurel Hill: Kathy Moody, Pierce Butler, Ken P’Pool Linden: Bryan and Joy Brabston, Gordon Cotton Llangollen: Mimi Miller, Judy Bolton Lonewood: Dannie Weatherly, Nancy Bell, Alan Huffman Montebello: Surget Sanders, Tucker Shields Austin Moore House: Hubert McAlexander, Frances Buchanan O.J.Moore House: Bootsie Weed, Brenda Fisackerley Mount Hermon: Brenda Holloway, Roxanna Arcement Prospect Hill: Hobbs Freeman, Kathy Moody, Alan Huffman Salisbury: Keith Bush Gammon, David Smith, Ernesto Caldeira, Holmes Sturgeon Shipp House: Will Lewis Skipwith House: Bill Griffith Stephenson-McAlexander House: Hubert McAlexander Three Oaks: Dorothy Turk, Hardy Frankel Tullis-Toledano Manor: David Preziosi Valleyside: Hubert McAlexander Colonel Thomas White House: Gail Tomlinson , Brian Hicks, Rachel West ...

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